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== '''The George Wythe Encyclopedia''' == | == '''The George Wythe Encyclopedia''' == | ||
Welcome to the [[George Wythe]] Encyclopedia, a project of [http://lawlibrary.wm.edu The Wolf Law Library] at the [http://www.wm.edu College of William & Mary] in Williamsburg, Virginia. The encyclopedia is intended to provide a single source for information relating to George Wythe, first professor of law in America and signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]. Entries highlight Wythe's career as [[Professor of Law and Police]] at William & Mary, compile secondary sources containing facts about Wythe's life, and provide background information for the [[George Wythe Collection]], The Wolf Law Library's ongoing re-creation of [[Wythe's Library]]. | Welcome to the [[George Wythe]] Encyclopedia, a project of [http://lawlibrary.wm.edu The Wolf Law Library] at the [http://www.wm.edu College of William & Mary] in Williamsburg, Virginia. The encyclopedia is intended to provide a single source for information relating to George Wythe, first professor of law in America and signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]. Entries highlight Wythe's career as [[Professor of Law and Police]] at William & Mary, compile secondary sources containing facts about Wythe's life, and provide background information for the [[George Wythe Collection]], The Wolf Law Library's ongoing re-creation of [[Wythe's Library]]. | ||
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| style="color: #000; padding: 5px 2px;" | [[File:Wythe's_Case_Reports.jpg|right|200px]] '''''[[Wythe's Reports|Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery: with Remarks upon Decrees by the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions]],''''' by [[George Wythe]]. Printed in Richmond, Virginia, by Thomas Nicolson, 1795. | | style="color: #000; padding: 5px 2px;" | [[File:Wythe's_Case_Reports.jpg|right|200px]] '''''[[Wythe's Reports|Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery: with Remarks upon Decrees by the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions]],''''' by [[George Wythe]]. Printed in Richmond, Virginia, by Thomas Nicolson, 1795. | ||
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More about [[Known Surviving Wythe Volumes|known surviving Wythe volumes]] in the George Wythe Wiki. | More about [[Known Surviving Wythe Volumes|known surviving Wythe volumes]] in the George Wythe Wiki. | ||
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Revision as of 12:04, 10 June 2013
The George Wythe Encyclopedia
Welcome to the George Wythe Encyclopedia, a project of The Wolf Law Library at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The encyclopedia is intended to provide a single source for information relating to George Wythe, first professor of law in America and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Entries highlight Wythe's career as Professor of Law and Police at William & Mary, compile secondary sources containing facts about Wythe's life, and provide background information for the George Wythe Collection, The Wolf Law Library's ongoing re-creation of Wythe's Library.
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About The Wolf Law Library
The law library at the College of William & Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law was rededicated in 2006 as The Wolf Law Library. The current facility was built in 1980, but the library was expanded and completely renovated in 2005-2007 to include space for over 400,000 volumes, seating for more than 500, 12 group study rooms, and the Nicholas J. St. George Rare Book Room, where some of the library's materials relating to John Marshall and George Wythe are on display. The library's mission includes providing access to law and law-related resources, as well as a wide range of services that support the law school curriculum and programs, promoting the advancement of legal scholarship, and fulfilling the information needs of students, faculty, and the local legal community.
For a detailed history of the library, see "America's First Law School Library: A History of the College of William and Mary's Marshall-Wythe Law Library, 1779-1995" by James S. Heller, in Law Librarianship: Historical Perspectives, ed. Laura N. Gasaway & Michael G. Chiorazzi (Littleton, CO: Rothman, 1996), 43-76.
